Famous Birthdays Today- Sammy Davis Jr. Would Have Been 94

December 8th

Actors:

• Kim Basinger is 66 (“9 ½ Weeks,” “Batman,” “L.A. Confidential,” “8 Mile,” “Fifty Shades Darker”)
• Deborra-Lee Furness is 64 (“Legends of the Guardians,” “Jindabyne,” “Beautiful”) (FAST FACTS: She’s been married to Hugh Jackman since 1996…and Wiki has her born November 30th, but Yahoo has her as December 8th)
• Teri Hatcher is 55 (“Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman,” “Tomorrow Never Dies,” “Desperate Housewives,” “Planes”) (FAST FACT: She was once a cheerleader for the San Francisco 49ers)
• Matthew Labyorteaux is 53 (“Little House on the Prairie,” “Deadly Friend”)
• Dominic Monaghan is 43 (“Lord of the Rings,” “Lost,” “X-Men Origins”) (FAST FACT: He currently hosts the nature program “Wild Things with Dominic Monaghan”).
• Wendell Pierce is 56 (“The Wire,” “Parker,” “Ray,” “Suits,” “The Odd Couple”)
• AnnaSophia Robb is 26 (“Soul Surfer,” “Bridge to Terabithia,” “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”)
• Ian Somerhalder is 41 (“Lost,” “Pulse,” “The Vampire Diaries”) (FAST FACT: He’s been married to Nikki Reed since 2015)
• The late James MacArthur(1937-2010)…he would have been 82(“Hawaii Five-O,” “Swiss Family Robinson,” “The Bedford Incident”)
• The late David Carradine(1936 – 2009)… he would have been 83(“Kung Fu,” “North and South,” “Kill Bill: Vol. 1”)
• The late Flip Wilson(1933-1998)… he would have been 86(“The Flip Wilson Show”) (FAST FACT: Time magazine called him TV’s first black superstar in 1972) 

Musicians:

• Def Leppard’s Phil Collen is 62
• Marty Friedman (Megadeth, Tourniquet) is 57
• Sam Hunt is 35
• Ingrid Michaelson is 40
• Chrisette Michele is 37
• Nicki Minaj is 37
• Marty Raybon is 60
• Slipknot’s Corey Taylor is 46
• Kate Voegele is 33
• The late Gregg Allman(1947-2017)…he would have been 72
• The late Sammy Davis Jr.(1925-1990)…he would have been 94
• The late Jim Morrison(1943-1971)… he would have been 76

Plus:

• Author/political commentator Ann Coulter is 58
• Racecar driver Kevin Harvick is 44 (He is the all-time winningest Cup Series driver at Phoenix International Raceway with 8 wins, and the third winningest driver in Xfinity Series history with 46 wins.)
• Washington Wizards’ center Dwight Howard is 34
• San Diego Chargers’ QB Phillip Rivers is 38
• The late comedian Sam Kinison(1953-1992)… he would have been 66
• The late Mary Stuart – aka Mary, Queen of Scots(1542-1587)(She became Queen of Scotland when she was just 6-days old)
• The late cotton gin inventor Eli Whitney(1765-1825)(His was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution and shaped the economy of the Antebellum South)